A woman employee has been granted twelve weeks maternity leave but she desires to work in the first ...........

Industrial Relation and labour law Labour Laws -II

A woman employee has been granted twelve weeks maternity leave but she desires to work in the first six weeks of her maternity leave. Which one of the following is permissible under the act?

she cannot be employed by her employer in the first six weeks

she can be allowed to work in the first six weeks

she can be allowed to work if she gives in writing her willingness

the employer cannot employ her in any case.

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Explanation:

she can be allowed to work if she gives in writing her willingness.

An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits.Employees are entitled to take unpaid leave for up to a quarter of the total time they have worked for the same employer or at the same place of employment, but such a leave may not exceed one year from the date of birth.A woman who worked for the same employer or at the same place of employment for over a year (and is therefore eligible for a 26 week maternity leave) will have have her unpaid leave overlap with the 11 weeks of maternity leave that are beyond the first 15 weeks of maternity leave for which she is eligible for Maternity Allowance (Maternity Pay). (The unpaid leave will overlap accordingly in situations where the paid maternity leave is extended beyond 15 weeks.)